{"id":747,"date":"2013-11-19T12:43:03","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T12:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/?p=747"},"modified":"2013-11-19T12:43:03","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T12:43:03","slug":"dos-and-donts-of-castor-cultivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/2013\/11\/dos-and-donts-of-castor-cultivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts of Castor Cultivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a brief blog post which helps the castor farmers to understand the do&#8217;s and do not&#8217;s while cultivating castor. Article excerpts from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikisan.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ikisan.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For proper tilth and good seed bed preparation, plough the land immediately after pre-monsoon showers followed by 2-3 harrowings with blade harrow after rains.<\/li>\n<li>Farmers are required to purchase the hybrid seed from authorised registered seed agent and ensure its viability<\/li>\n<li>However, they need not renew seed stock of their improved varieties every year.<\/li>\n<li>Using certified seed once obtained from authorised agencies\/sources, interested farmers can easily meet their requirement of quality seeds and maintain the varieties for atleast 3-4 years without any appreciable deterioration.<\/li>\n<li>Seed may be treated with Thiram or Bavistin 3g\/kg seed to protect from seed borne diseases like Alternaria leaf blight, seedling blight and wilt.<\/li>\n<li>A plant population of 55,500\/ha has been found to be optimum for rainfed castor in all regions<\/li>\n<li>For achieving required plant stands in dry lands, a seed rate of 10-15 kg\/ha is adequate depending on seed size.<\/li>\n<li>The optimum date of sowing for castor in Andhra Pradesh is first fortnight of June.<\/li>\n<li>Plough with single seed drill help in placement of seed at appropriate moist zone and ensures better germination and growth.<\/li>\n<li>As far as possible place the seed in a moist zone 10-12cm below the soil surface to ensure proper moist soil seed contact for sufficiently long period and thereby obtain good germination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more from here &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikisan.com\/Crop%20Specific\/Eng\/links\/ap_castorCrop%20Establishment.shtml\">http:\/\/www.ikisan.com\/Crop%20Specific\/Eng\/links\/ap_castorCrop%20Establishment.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a brief blog post which helps the castor farmers to understand the do&#8217;s and do not&#8217;s while cultivating castor. Article excerpts from\u00a0http:\/\/www.ikisan.com For proper tilth and good seed bed preparation, plough the land immediately after pre-monsoon showers followed &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/2013\/11\/dos-and-donts-of-castor-cultivation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,129,24,11],"tags":[131,132,14,130],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-castor-india-2","category-castor-cultivation","category-castor-plant","category-castor-seeds","tag-castor-cultivation-2","tag-castor-intercropping","tag-castor-seeds-2","tag-castor-sowing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":748,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}